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Melissa, TX vs Aurora, CO

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Aurora has been positive.
- Aurora has 2.0% less unemployment than Melissa.
- Aurora job growth has increased by 19.9% in the past 10 years.
 Melissa, TXAurora, COUnited States
 Current Unemployment5.6%7.6%6.0%
 Future Job Growth48.6%42.5%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-3.5%-4.9%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth4.1%0.5%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth13.5%6.4%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth35.4%19.9%6.3%
Reviews for Melissa    3 Reviews

I have lived here since 2008. It is a growing bedroom community. The city has a low crime rate and pretty good schools. The primary entertainment is High School sporting  More

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We moved here 2 years ago and have suffered nothing but hell. If you are not a plain, vanilla, ignorant, intolerant person, do not move here!  More

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Over 16 years ago

warm to hot summer. enough cold in winter to make you appreciate  More

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Reviews for Aurora    40 Reviews

Used to be affordable. I lived in aurora for 5 years and it was a great because I could drive to all the cool places in Denver and elsewhere. I was priced out  More

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It is ok. Not great. It used to be worth the cost (4/5 stars). The schools are mediocre, the people are hit or miss. People born here are friendly but  More

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Over 4 years ago

I've lived here for 10 years, and I gotta say, it's easily one of the most overpriced cities I've ever lived in. The cost of living makes it not worth it to live here,  More

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